SRINAGAR, Dec 6: Police today claimed to have solved the murder case of an army man in Shopian with the arrest of an accused

Bullet-riddled body of Sepoy Irfan Dar who was working with 175 territorial army was recovered from village Wuthmula on November 25. A case was registered and investigation was taken up.

“The investigation revealed that militants involving Saddam Padder resident of Heff, Bilal Mohand resident of Heff, Touseef resident of Gadbugh and one newly recruited unidentified militant along with arrested accused Muzamil resident of Shirmal hatched a criminal conspiracy to kill the sepoy Irfan Dar,” a police spokesman said in a statement.

He added that in pursuance of the criminal conspiracy, on November 24 , the accused Muzamil went to the native village of Irfan and took him to Wuthmula where the militants were already present in a nearby orchard. “They came out from the orchard and fired at the Sepoy Irfan, resulting in instant death of the victim on the spot. After executing the gruesome murder, all of them fled from the spot,” the spokesman said.

He added that on the basis of evidence available could unearth the entire chain of conspiracy and finally nabbed accused Muzamil who is presently in custody. “The look out for the other three militants is on and necessary legal proceedings are in progress to complete the investigation of the instant case,” the spokesman said.

SRINAGAR, Dec 6: Leh experienced the coldest night this winter as the minimum temperature there settled over 13 degrees Celsius below the freezing point.
An official of the MET department said here that last night was the coldest night the frontier town has experienced so far.
Leh had witnessed the previous lowest of minus 13.5 degrees Celsius on 23 November.
The nearby Kargil town recorded a low of minus 7.5 degrees Celsius, 2.3 degrees down from the previous night, the official said, addin